what have you gained by it?what do I have to gain by staying here?he'll gain nothing by being rudeLabour has gained three seatsthe company did not disclose how much it expects to gain from the two dealsa former intelligence chief, who has gained respect in his 18-month stint in the Bonn Cabinetyou will never gain her respect if you don't tell the truthhe had gained respect among his colleagues as an excellent negotiatorRabin also reportedly gained approval to act against Hezbollah without further consultationthe drug has first to gain approval from the FDAthey have gained approval for the construction of a hotel on the sitestudents can gain valuable experience by working on the campus radio or magazinethey realize that passing exams is no longer enough to gain a place at universitytheir efforts helped the hostages gain their freedomshe had somehow gained possession of the letterhe started a war of liberation against Syria costing almost 1,000 lives and gaining no territorytheir strategy failed to gain public supporthe uses his disease to gain sympathyyou won't gain many friends doing that

to gain an advantage over sbsacar ventaja a algn

technologies evolve and opponents seek ways to gain a new advantageto gain [confidence]you can become more adventurous as you gain confidencesimple exercises to help you gain confidence in your appearance and in yourselfstumblingly he began to reply, gaining more confidence as he went along

to gain confidenceadquirir confianza

you'll gradually gain more confidence in yourselfI think the market will continue slowly to gain confidencemen who are beginning to gain the confidence to express themselves

to gain sb's confidenceto gain the confidence of sbganar(se) la confianza de algn

hoping to gain her confidence, I told her my nameit proved very hard to gain the confidence of the local communityto put forward a plan to gain the confidence of the voters

to gain control of sthhacerse con el control de algo

the Republicans gained control of both chambersHemmer gained control of the ballto gain one's [objective]use any means imaginable to gain your objective

my daughter has just gained a place at universitymi hija acaba de obtener una plaza en la universidad

to gain [popularity]the idea slowly gained popularityfeng shui has been steadily gaining popularity in the United Statesit did not gain mass popularity until the 50sas the wine gains popularity the variety and quality will develop

she gained strength and was able to walk unaidedhe gradually gained the strength to look after himself and not depend on other peoplethe reformist tendency in the labour movement gained strengthsome people are weakened by adversity, others gain strength from it

to gain weightengordar;aumentar de peso

I've gained three kiloshe engordado tres kilos

she gained some 25lbs in weight during her pregnancysome people do gain weight after they stop smoking

3(arrive at)llegar a

the steamer gained portel vapor llegó a puerto

we gained the summit two days later

verbo intransitivo

1(profit)

to gain by/from sthbeneficiarse de algo

who would gain by or from his death?¿quién iba a beneficiarse de su muerte?;no one gains by putting others downnadie sale beneficiando humillando a los demás;I gained immensely from the experienceme beneficié mucho de la experiencia;saqué mucho provecho de la experiencia

some regions stood to gain by reallocation of resourceshe hasn't gained by the exchangehe was hoping to gain by refusing to negotiateto gain [from] sthsome people stand to gain from the change in the lawWalesa is likely to gain from all the confusionIraq's leader must not be allowed to gain from his assault on basic human valuesthey are gaining from other peoples' suffering

while it has lost its tranquility, the area has gained in livelinessopinion polls show that he has gained in popularitythe wines of Pouilly and Sancerre have gained in popularityhe wore his new trainers to school, hoping to gain in prestige with his classmatesthe knowledge that you have gained in stature by what you have been throughto gain in [weight]

news on home sales is brighter, showing a gain of 8 per cent in Augustthe index was up by 1.1 percent, the biggest gain in nearly three yearsto [make] gainssales of new homes made a small gain in Aprilshare prices made gains in Tokyoideology, political partycommunism made gains in the Third World during the '60s and '70sthis would effectively endorse the /territorial gains/ made by the Serbs and Croats

all he is concerned with is his own material gainshort-term political gains at the expense of long-term social stabilityto do sth [for] gainhe buys art solely for financial gainhe is using his position of power for personal gainit is exploiting the conflict in Iraq for its own territorial gain